Bit, byte, gebissen was a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 radio program. It was the first program on computer topics, produced by the Bayerischer Rundfunk

Bayerischer Rundfunk

Bayerischer Rundfunk [Bavarian Broadcasting] is the public broadcasting authority for the German Freistaat of Bavaria, with its main offices located in Munich. BR is a member of ARD.- Legal foundation :...

 (Bavarian Broadcasting). Bit, byte, gebissen was broadcast from October 1985 to September 1993.

The idea was of the radio program was born out of the boom of home computer

Home computer

Home computers were a class of microcomputers entering the market in 1977, and becoming increasingly common during the 1980s. They were marketed to consumers as affordable and accessible computers that, for the first time, were intended for the use of a single nontechnical user...

s and video game console

Video game console

A video game console is an interactive entertainment computer or customized computer system that produces a video display signal which can be used with a display device to display a video game...

s starting to fascinate youngsters at the beginning of the 1980s. Another successful program on computer topics for adolescent radio listeners was Chippie

Chippie

Chippie was a German radio program. It was one of the first programs on computer topics, produced by the Hessischer Rundfunk .-History:...

from the Hessischer Rundfunk

Hessischer Rundfunk

Hessischer Rundfunk is the public broadcaster for the German state of Hesse. The main offices of HR are in Frankfurt am Main. HR is a member of the ARD.- Studios :...

(Hessian Broadcasting), starting in 1990.

External links

• Die Zündfunk-Hall-of-Fame: Das erste Computermagazin